Executive Order 13129 of July 4, 1999
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
With the Taliban
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)("IEEPA"), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States
of America, find that the actions and policies of the
Taliban in Afghanistan, in allowing territory under its
control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and
base of operations for Usama bin Ladin and the Al-Qaida
organization who have committed and threaten to
continue to commit acts of violence against the United
States and its nationals, constitute an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States, and hereby declare
a national emergency to deal with that threat.
I hereby order:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section
203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in regulations,
orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any
contract entered into or any license or permit granted
prior to the effective date:
(a) all property and interests in property of the
Taliban; and
(b) all property and interests in property of
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the
Attorney General:
(i) to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or
on behalf of, the Taliban; or
(ii) to provide financial, material, or
technological support for, or services in support of,
any of the foregoing,
that are in the United States, that hereafter come
within the United States, or that are or hereafter come
within the possession or control of United States
persons, are blocked.
Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)
of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in regulations,
orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any
contract entered into or any license or permit granted
prior to the effective date:
(a) any transaction or dealing by United States
persons or within the United States in property or
interests in property blocked pursuant to this order is
prohibited, including the making or receiving of any
contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the
benefit of the Taliban or persons designated pursuant
to this order;
(b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or
supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States,
or by a United States person, wherever located, of any
goods, software, technology (including technical data),
or services to the territory of Afghanistan controlled
by the Taliban or to the Taliban or persons designated
pursuant to this order is prohibited;
(c) the importation into the United States of any
goods, software, technology, or services owned or
controlled by the Taliban or persons designated
pursuant to this order or from the territory of
Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban is prohibited;
(d) any transaction by any United States person or
within the United States that evades or avoids, or has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this
order is prohibited; and
(e) any conspiracy formed to violate any of the
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is hereby directed to
authorize commercial sales of agricultural commodities
and products, medicine, and medical equipment for
civilian end use in the territory of Afghanistan
controlled by the Taliban under appropriate safeguards
to prevent diversion to military, paramilitary, or
terrorist end users or end use or to political end use.
Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or
entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization, group,
or subgroup;
(c) the term "the Taliban" means the political/
military entity headquartered in Kandahar, Afghanistan
that as of the date of this order exercises de facto
control over the territory of Afghanistan described in
paragraph (d) of this section, its agencies and
instrumentalities, and the Taliban leaders listed in
the Annex to this order or designated by the Secretary
of State in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Attorney General. The Taliban is also
known as the "Taleban," "Islamic Movement of
Taliban," "the Taliban Islamic Movement," "Talibano
Islami Tahrik," and "Tahrike Islami'a Taliban"
(d) the term "territory of Afghanistan controlled
by the Taliban" means the territory referred to as the
"Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," known in Pashtun as
"de Afghanistan Islami Emarat" or in Dari as "Emarat
Islami-e Afghanistan," including the following
provinces of the country of Afghanistan: Kandahar,
Farah, Helmund, Nimruz, Herat, Badghis, Ghowr,
Oruzghon, Zabol, Paktiha, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Lowgar,
Vardan, Faryab, Jowlan, Balkh, and Paktika. The
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, is hereby authorized to modify the
description of the term "territory of Afghanistan
controlled by the Taliban"
(e) the term "United States person" means any
United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity
organized under the laws of the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the
United States.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General,
is hereby authorized to take such actions, including
the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to
employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The
Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these
functions to other officers and agencies of the United
States Government. All agencies of the United States
Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate
measures within their authority to carry out the
provisions of this order.
Sec. 6. Nothing contained in this order shall create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable by any party against the United States, its
agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
Sec. 7. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time on July 6, 1999.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress
and published in the Federal Register.
[signed] William J. Clinton
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 4, 1999.
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Annex
Mohammed Omar (Amir al-Mumineen [Commander of the
Faithful]);
[FR Doc. 99-17444
Filed 7-6-99; 12:38 pm]
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